Building a hydroponic vertical garden

Little video showing steps in building my vertical hydroponics tower. Built this one for strawberries but it also works great for leafy greens, herbs or any smaller root structured plant (don't try tomatoes in here)
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[@Nweisha]

Your vertical garden is the best lookin' one i've seen so far.

[@robyns7919]

This is the best DIY strawberry tower design on the internet. I'll be making a few of these this spring.

[@darrellblair5818]

The concept / design was great. Very eye appealing, especially the top cap. 👍

[@yesmagic]

Excellent video. I am just starting mine and I built a box for a four inch cutoff and the 45 degree cut with a hand saw. I first used some carburetor cleaner and took off all the markings on the pipe.Thank You for posting this excellent video.

[@obduliocerceno4984]

Thankyou for the illustration! I appreciate your generosity to share knowledge. I will try it following your great example!!!

[@ancienttree-ghost2221]

Very cool idea. I can imagine several uses for it and variations. Thanks for the post and videoing your hard work.

[@HusainDana]

Great job... the best hydroponic system I've watched so far

[@jamesbank9563]

Building hydro towers and you have a sleeve, you sir are a badass!

[@growinggreenswithcam8632]

Finally, a homemade tower that looks great as well as being functional!

[@mickdipiano4839]

Just wanted to thank you! Excellent information and excellent videos.

[@Karl_B]

Nice workmanship. This is a project I'd love to try next.

[@Scrampster]

best vertical garden hydroponics instructions online. Nice job!

[@WildSideAdventures]

This is a very smart idea, well done from South Africa.

[@busybody1474]

thumbs up mate, your video is best i've seen for diy garden tower thanks!

[@arew234]

wow. great info. get that blog going, man. Thanks so much for this post!

[@AlejandroLopez-dw9bc]

excelent idea, very clear and nice desing.

[@yunghanma47]

This is the best vertical hydroponic garden I have ever seen. Much better than those 55 gallon drums which will take days to make one and a lot of propane to heat up the openings. To answer some of the questions from other viewers, all the material: post (5" though), 3" pipe, 3" net pot , submersible pump (pay special attention to the "head" - the maximum height the pumpo can reach, of the pump), tubing, glue etc you can find them from various home centers such as HomeDepot and Lowe's, AND Ebay. Design your own height of the tower, then all the other dimensions will follow. Here are my questions: A. Will the tower head heavy and topple over? B. The same question one of the viewers asked, the caps in stores do not provide an extra partition for shower, maybe I have to mickey mouse one between the cap and the top of the post?

[@BenjasUberHobby]

Looks like a great design! Thanks for sharing :)

[@edplow5917]

make a template for your tube holes and use a router to cut oblong hole.

[@ThePrayerHotline]

Thank you so much, for posting I was having a hard time figuring out how you cut those small pipes perfectly the same size and angle God bless

[@edplow5917]

did you not see his wood 45 degree miter box???

[@DanielHertz]

Beautiful setup...

[@saltybildo4415]

Nice work man

[@silverfoxes65]

Thank you for sharing your vertical garden with us. Your video is great, and you additions to your blog make this a very simple build. Since you made this last year, I would like to ask how it worked out. I have tried every way you can imagine to get good strawberries, and the results were a disaster. I am hoping you will be able to report that your system worked great. Awaiting your answer. Thanks again, Richard.

[@mohammedalhudaithi4623]

Just wanted to thank you! great information.

[@dibyendumukharjee8822]

Cool video. You have given an artistic touch to the tower. I am from India. Your sight is also very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@tawbanasoha]

What a great Idea. I like it.

[@funmaster4632]

Very professional, awesome work. If you fill it with lava rock it could handle extra time with out water. Just an idea.

[@abenezerabraham5968]

I wished I took each steps with you to finalise the tower, specially in cutting the cutouts for the pots.

[@andreaingram2314]

This is real cool. Thanks for sharing...

[@believeornot12]

Love this idea. Thank you

[@maria_zhuzha]

Спасибо! Отличное руководство по сборке вертикального сада. Сделано просто и красиво. Постараюсь купить такие же материалы и собрать свой сад.

[@ahatamiana]

خودتی

[@rivannapvli7338]

hi...cool invention buddy...really appreciated...I would love to make like this one...

[@collowood]

very nice vid and so so easy to follow. the best guide i have seen thank you!!!! best regards adam;)

[@Dmac609]

Thanks for sharing.. This was a great idea ..Cheers

[@Jon2Strong]

awesome design man! My next project.

[@Harold2247]

Hi, just beautiful. Thank you.. I might build one too.

[@JOHNTOPG]

wow, you are very crafty

[@samutsari-diy7004]

Thanks for sharing some tips. I think the square tube is much better than the round tube for making this tower.

[@srqTagle]

Very nice!

[@nldcam]

i love this idea, the frugality of it and your tutorial is top notch. thanks for it!!!

[@akhenatn]

nice job man!!

[@gioknows]

Pretty cool.

[@BN-fy8jy]

Wonderful built, absolute craftsmanship. Did you encounter any problems with algae buildup inside the system (because it looks translucent)?

[@kayjohn5184]

I love your vertical garden idea. I am a NYC teacher with a very limited budget but I am going to try and make one. Can you do a cost sheet and attach it to your update so I can have an idea how much it will cost. Thanks Kay

[@Mikeambeau1000]

Very nice job

[@HydroponicsIsCool]

See if I can answer some of your questions. - Yes they are cut at 45 degrees - Post stands up fine in the bucket - On larger pump, it may not fit in the bucket with the post over it - the pipe pieces are gluon ON to the post. Make sure you line up with the bottom of the hole. - I just use the clay balls, no soil

[@HydroponicsIsCool]

matrix49A no just the net pots

[@cybersecretary]

thanks. im going to build one soon!

[@MrTimmmers]

Nice video. Excellent design. I think you should go into the loaves and fishes business though, if you can cut all those pieces from one ten inch pipe as you say :)

[@Valnurat]

I can't find the material list. You link does not work.

[@MsERDoc49]

one last thought - it might not be a good idea to put the pump under the post - you need the depleted water dripping down the post to get back into the bucket - otherwise you could end up with less nutrients in the water because the pump ends up recirculating the water that's already nourished the plants. Put the pump in the bucket, drill some holes in the bottom of the post so water can freely circulate. I love this idea, mine are working quite well too. I ran the tomatoes up a wire tomato tree from the pots in the bucket - so my tree has 4 wire trees around it growing tomatoes, and everything else i need for a salad growing up the main pot. If I could only find a nice plant pot to put that jobsite bucket in.....

[@jeffstyles1135]

Great post! I would love to make a couple of these for my yard. However, I can't seem to figure out the instructions for the pyramid cap sprinkler portion. Can someone advise how this was accomplished? Thanks!

[@Ogawa47]

Hi Jeff! I'm trying to get into hydroponic gardening on the cheap and I found your tutorial to be one of the best and easiest around. I'm very new to gardening in general, so re: your advice about tomatoes and small roots systems - can chicken wire or a cage be used to accommodate for vine-y plans (such as tomatoes and cucumbers), and can roots systems be regularly pruned on larger plants without harming them so as to keep the inside of the garden clear for the "rainfall?" I love your website, by the way! Thanks in advance for any help!

[@DJJonPattrsn22]

Great video- very useful, creative & efficient idea! Good pointers & tips included- no random drivel or anything that made me want to try to skip through. Excellent! If only more people employed this format… After two years, how has it worked out? Any recommended modifications/redesigns? (I'm assuming you would include a link to a follow-up video were you to make one, right?) Have you had any issues with algae? Or have the plants sufficiently obscured enough light to prevent big blooms? So you've been growing them clay pellet medium? I'm guessing that several other options would be interchangeable... How did your fountain/crown piece work out? Did you consider or try just cutting slots in the center of each side at the very edge- so the water just flows down each side? Any thoughts on that? Do you think the number of plants could be increased by bringing them closer without detrimental consequences? Potentially diminishing algae (if it's an issue at all) while increasing yield…? When I do this I'll invest in a much bigger/more powerful pump at the beginning that could eventually support operation of 5-10 of these towers. Starting with one tower I could build one more each year- or even an increasing number of new towers each year which I could fill for free with new runners produced by the plants every fall until I reached my goal, the pump's capacity or available space! Where my uncle lives up in the mountains of western North Carolina, his view of the small valley below includes a commercial strawberry operation of several fields. I was suspiciously amazed to learn that all those plants in those fields are somehow moved twice a year- as whole rows- between NC & somewhere in Texas (I believe) in order to get two full harvests from those plants each year! The timing of the move is critical & dependent on the weather. I don't understand logistically how the plants even can be "packed" & moved- several whole fields at once as whole rows; or how this can be done without stressing the plants, significantly reducing yield. Incredible! I wonder if this could be done with these towers inside greenhouses using some kind of climate control in just the right natural climate. Thanks again- awesome!

[@jackofallcrap607]

HydroponicsIsCool Great video. Extremely helpful. How long did it exactly take for you to build one?

[@truongphan1119]

Man! I love your idea how to make the tower, how do you secured the post to the bucket??

[@HydroponicsIsCool]

WakeUpB4uDie I actually will shortly. I didn't like how the water spray worked so Im working on a redesign of that part. Running some tests now and will have a follow up video soon.

[@HydroponicsIsCool]

matrix49A had it on a timer set for 15 on and 30 off. during warmer times I went 15 on/off

[@aruarun1993]

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[@selvamg8386]

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[@giorgoschristodouliodes1313]

+HydroponicsIsCool If you is interested in aquaponics the greatest results that I have had was with the Keiths Ponics Site (just google it) without a doubt the most incredible info that I've tried.

[@angelicapooh3]

where did you find the insert ( where you have the hose head hooked to ) on line, what is it called its a over the top sleeve?

[@1mtstewart]

nice video spacing and transition! someone spent some time on this!

[@agentzohan]

Great video

[@mcmastertube]

Pure genius!

[@mvcconcept4212]

excellent job my freind

[@ConnieHoulihan310]

where did you get the black 3in net pots opps i'll bet i can googal it . Love it thank for the consise step by step.

[@zerofade21]

Real nice. What kind of yield did you get ? Did you add anything to the water for growth?

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

It would be nice to find some organic hydroponic nutrients but it seems to be a bit of a grey area, most people seem to go with organic compost teas. Which nutrients did you use ?

[@pjs-1287]

Very nice! One question, when your strawberries are done producing, do you take the strawberry plants out and plant them in the ground for next year. I know you don’t run that constantly year around with the strawberries still in.

[@fixeratu]

Hi, very nice project. Do you have any update in the re-design of your water spray? what didn'y you like about this one? Thanks! and again, very cool project.

[@tarand100]

Hi there, its supper!! And thanks a lot for making a video for us. I respect your spirit. I Got a question here if you can answer. Does water need to be run constantly 24 hrs until ripen??

[@The2012Vacation]

I have built one similar and found that if you will glue them on with PVC glue the process will go a bit quicker. I went back and silicone all the way around them after that.

[@2SuaveJ]

Thanks for the video! Any idea if broccoli would do well in this?

[@240SSONLY]

good job man... being ingenious is key to being and engineer... and you sir are a hydroponics engineer... hahahha keep up the good work its all about trial and error

[@lakewoodgardens]

good video think i'll try this let you know how it works

[@swordfish00007]

This is pretty sweet. How many plants can you grow in this btw?

[@goodwater2020]

How is tower doing long term? Replaced pump? Thanks. Cool Vid!

[@johnshipley1768]

Does the pump run continually or on a timer. Great vid btw

[@makanaalo659]

Great video I would have love to actually seen you cut all the holes every little detail even if it was 4-5 hours I would sit here and watch lol.. Keep the videos coming!

[@kttran2005]

is any way you can provide the cap part number? I can't find the one like you have in the video. Thanks, Ken

[@lcj2897]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!! How much money and time tools you to make one tower? :) I would like to do it myself. Greetings from Mexico!!

[@mishachevalier9754]

Cool build. Only thing I'm concerned with is it being somewhat "top-heavy" with just a five gallon bucket for an anchor. How did it do in the wind?? Thanks!! I may just only use three sides and secure it (somehow), to my privacy fence.

[@pattiowens7834]

great video. I'm just starting out and looking at all sorts of things to get an idea what to do. I LOVE your design! One question I have concerns the materials and adhesives. Don't you have to worry about the chemicals that the parts are made of, leaching into the solutions and then getting into the food? ie. They tell you not to use pvc for water intake, only for waste water.

[@lenjsmitty]

How do attach the bucket top to the post and where do find a pyramind cap that comes in two parts like the you are using?

[@chandra0102]

A very good design for vertical hydroponics. I was planning on building a similar system for growing greens but I believe it would work very well for strawberries also. One point considering your video; you skip over the actual process of working each small step and just show the finished product. I think it would be more helpful and instructive if you showed a few minutes of each process. For example, you could have shown the actual cutting of a couple of holes on the tower with the jig saw to show how easy or difficult it is, , plus the process of gluing the offsets onto the holes. One step I couldn't figure out was do the holes follow the outer edge of the offset thereby the offsets sitting just inside the hole, OR the holes are a wee bit smaller than the offsets, with offsets sitting outside on the flat surface and the edges glued onto the surface. Overall an excellent design.

[@natalybillett3435]

I have just created my personal aquaponics system. It was actually simple, easy and it looks and functions similar to the models which cost you thousands more, by using this guide

[@gregmundwell8113]

Please deliver that technique. Thanks a lot.

[@natalybillett3435]

Greg Mundwell For additional tips, please look into: help1.info/aquaponics-tutorial

[@angelicapooh3]

how did you get the pyramid top to fit into the tower? I have tried cutting it but just keeps braking

[@ManiPresto1743]

very cool very good idea very pro. you da man sir. this will be a project to do

[@MrBinardi]

Good job

[@yunzhu9910]

I see you video, can you please let me know many inch of square pipe do you use? and how many inch of round pipe do you use? how many inch of basket do you use?

[@jevejay8465]

Hey whats the measurements for making the jig for cutting the pvc pot holders? Many thanks!

[@grokstone]

Hi, can you give me the specific model number for the smaller, cheaper pump you used to go up to 6 feet? Also, where you purchased it from? Thanks!

[@enima68]

does the pump work 24/7 ? or is there a programmable clock? if so what is the timing ? does each plant have a different timing? thanks you so much

[@michaelbroder2983]

How are you figuring the size of the holes in the post. They are elliptical. Did you make a template?

[@mikej1738]

question, with this setup do u run full time or intermittent with timer?

[@nitrousman8882]

have you sorted out a timer system or do you run it continuously?

[@chriscallaway9167]

Hey I like this a lot what does it cost to make this?

[@teachpeace10]

What nutrient solution do you use? Regular hydroponic nutrient such as jungle juice?

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

I'm using micro spray nozzles with 4mm tubing so that i can use a weaker pump, but it does mean siting a nozzle for each plant.

[@bobbyboucher7426]

I'd love to see your set up. was it expensive to do the nozzles?

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

@@bobbyboucher7426 I ended up just pumping the water up to the lid, 3d printed a curved lid so the water hits that and rains down on the netpots.

[@ahmadmy2254]

Professionally Edited Video

[@nizamuddin9547]

HydroponicsIsCool did you update your system? what kind leafy green you tried? is the grow tower get lighting problem?

[@tropicalstrings]

use the roof water.there are nice video's about it. super ideas.

[@tcb069]

great video , will that system work for leafy lettuce ?

[@ProdbyTrehnt]

So the pipe's plastic composition is food safe as well? Is it PVC?

[@TheUselessServant]

I just wonder if it is necessary to run the pump so often. If you put grow medium inside especially something that can hold a lot of water. Is it possible to just drench it with water once in awhile without a pump?

[@sharonslife6153]

Still waiting for that update, did you ever get it working?